Headlight



Aug. 31

F. W. DUCATE HEADLIGHT Filed 001;. 18, 1924 gwuewfo'a ff d Ml. fiuc'aie Patented Aug. 31, 11926. I i U'l'llEfi STATEEi PEN? bif lhl FRED W. DUCATE, 01? DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALE? TO LEROY CUR'IICE TALBQTT, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HEADLIGHT.

Application filed (Jctober 18, 1924. Serial No. 744,396.

This invention relates to improvements in conical reflecting surfaces 9 and 10. A lens headlights for automobile vehicles. 11 closes the front of the lamp and is held Since our automobiles have become so in place by means of a ring 12. lt will be numerous, we have been confronted with noticed that the reflector surfaces 9 and the ditlicult problem of securing satisfactory form the sides of truncated cones and have illumination of the roads for night driving their edges joined on line 13. It is a1-- 60 without interfering with the vision of apparent from the drawing that the lamp 7 iroaching drivers. hen the automobiles is invisible from a point in front of the were scarce, the problem of road illuminaheadlight and located above the level of the 1 tion was simple because machines moving in lamp and can only be seen if the eye is lothe other direction were met so seldom that cated on or below the line 14. Direct light the headlights could be dimmed whenever from the lamp will therefore never cause a machines met. Now, however, it often hapglare to an approaching driver. Any direct pens that there are solid processions of light that emerges from the headlight will automobiles miles long traveling in opposite be confined to a cone represented by lines directions, which make it necessary that the 14k and 15 and will strike the road. The lights should be so designed that dimming light rays between lines 15 and 16 will strike is unnecesary, and which will give good the surface of the reflector 10 and be proroad illumination without objectionable jeoted outwardly and downwardly through 20 l the space between lines 15 and 17. The

In order to obtain a glareless light, it is light that strikes the reflectors 6 and 9 is necesary to so construct the lamps that no reflected in various ways and produces an 'direct rays from the lamp can strike the effect as if the entire reflector 6 were lumineyes of approaching drivers. The lamp ous. This causes a diffused and soft, but must also be designed that very little, and, if highly efficient beam of light to be projected, possible, no reflected light shall emerge in a which spreads over a large surface of the direction which will interfere with trariic road, but which does not cause any blinding coming in the opposite direction. glare.

I have found that by a peculiar construe The angular relationship of the reflectors 5 tion of the lamp, which will presently be 9 and 19 may be varied so as to produce described, I can obtain satisfactory illuminadifferent light distribution, but an angle of tion of the road without causing annoyance substantially degrees has been found to the drivers of approaching cars. satisfactory;

My invention can be most clearly des- Having now described my invention, what cribed and will be most readily understood 1 claim as new is when reference is had to the accompanying A headlight comprising a. concave refiec- 90 drawing, in which the preferred emboditor, a truncated conical reflector located in ment thereof is illustrated, and in which front thereof the base of said conical re- Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of flector having substantially the same di- 40 my improved headlight, taken on line 1-1 anieter as the concave reflector and secured Fi 2; d to the latter, said conical reflector project- F is afront elevation of my head ing forwardly from the concave reflector, light looking in the direction of arrow 2, a second truncated conical reflector having Fi 1 its inner and smaller edge connected to the My headlight consists of a housing 5, Outer and smaller ed e of the first conical which encloses a reflector 6 of ordinary conreflector so as to form a compound reflector struction. The lamp 7 instead of being 10- having a central opening smaller in diameter cated at the focal point and on the axis than the other portions of the reflector and a of the reflector is located near the top theresource of light located at the angle between of in the position shown in the drawing. the concave and the adjacent conical re- Secured to the front end of the housing 5 flector. l :3 and directly in front of the reflector is a in testimony whereofl my signature. cylindrical housing 8 within which is placed i 7 an hourglass-shaped reflector comprising two FRED W DUCATE; 

